Kingsley Amis Booze and birds Economist.com:
WHAT I want”, wrote Kingsley Amis in 1954, a few weeks before his debut novel “Lucky Jim” made him famous, “is a chance to decide, from personal experience, that a life of cocktail parties, cars, weekending at rich houses, wine, night-clubs and jazz won't bring happiness. I want to prove that money isn't everything, to learn that pleasure cloys.
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